"I say: “Sun Island”, but the words don't suffice…" Top 5 Page for this destination Maldives by Fam.Rauca

Maldives Travel Guide: 2,215 reviews and 5,189 photos

Maldives, this island chain is a nature miracle

A trip to Maldives is a dream…
We didn’t plan it longer, but it became reality.
The voyage, in fact, was planned to Hawaii, but after a long deliberation, we decided to transform it.
I am not sure, whether we did right, but I am glad that we visited this earth piece.
It is really a dream, a satisfaction for the soul and a pleasure for the eyes.

Entrance in Male, the main island of the Maldives

At six o’clock in the early, we drove from Vienna to Munich, by train.
That was necessary, because we flew from there, with the Emirates Air Lines, to Dubai.
It was a over six-hour agreeable flight, with a big look forward to vacation.

We were captivated as we saw the Dubai, from over.
It was a golden web, a collection of palaces and treasures.
The airport was also a reflection of the city’s beauty.

We flew above Colombo, from Dubai to Male, the main island of the Maldives.
The delayed coming in Male was for us a stroke of luck.
Why this?
Because we missed the speedboat, we had the possibility to fly to Sun Island with the hydroplane.
It was an experience that I, personally, will never forget.

Sun Island

Under our eyes, was an immensity of a dark-blue sea with turquoise-coloured lagoons, in which, the white sandbanks border the small islands.
Each individual island has an intense green kernel, from coconut palms.

The 1190 islands are scattered on a surface of 90000 square kilometres, but the country surface consists only of 300 square kilometres.
From these small islands, only 203 are populated.
On one of the 77 hotel islands, where the tourists spend their vacation, we had also the luck, a few quiet days, to lie under the sun.

On our Maldives page, we will try to show a few from our vacation photos and to tell you a small amount of our beautiful memories.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Clear and clean sea, brightly white sand, colourfully plants, untouched nature
In a nutshell:It is an experience that one cannot forget.

Last visit to Maldives: May 2007
Intro Updated Jun 5, 2007
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Comments (13)

nixca316 Mar 24, 2011 at 6:06 PM Report Abuse

Hi Gabriela! It's been a while...Thanks for your comment at my Makati page... =) I'm checking this page right now...It's my second time to visit this top page of yours. Take care! (Poem of the sea...I love that!)
BruceDunning Nov 17, 2010 at 12:43 PM Report Abuse

Our daughter and new son in law took some honeymoon trip here, and loved the scenery. YOu look like you really enjoyed the sites and relaxing. YOur pictures and comments are very good.
schoobi Aug 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM Report Abuse

great photography !
onecut May 7, 2009 at 12:09 AM Report Abuse

wow love you`re page when is the best time to go
junecorlett Feb 2, 2009 at 9:42 AM Report Abuse

I want to go now!!!
angiebabe Aug 28, 2008 at 5:52 PM Report Abuse

Will be coming to back to see more of yr lovely pics of the Maldives!
garethjacobs Aug 6, 2008 at 6:10 AM Report Abuse

hello,i visited sun island earlier in the year and i wanted the songs the live band sang,1 in particular but cant rememember it.anyone help with some titles
Basaic Jan 17, 2008 at 2:52 PM Report Abuse

Makes me want to go now.
luckyzen Dec 5, 2007 at 10:52 AM Report Abuse

Hi Gabriela, What a beautiful description of the Maldives. Also what a stunning destination. Thanks for sharing so much & 'njoy the rest of the week!
Bilimari Sep 18, 2007 at 12:25 PM Report Abuse

Water bungalows look really nice! I'm looking for a place to stay in Maldives now. Thanks for the info. :)